Congratulations to Christopher Mayfield, MSDI student at UAMS, training with ACNC’s Dr. Lisa Jansen, for earning 2nd place in the Overall Poster Category at UAMS Student Research Day 🎉 Christopher’s poster, “Design of Micro Lessons for Remote Healthy Pregnancy Support in Arkansas: A Behavioral Intervention Support Tool for the GEM Study,” highlighted innovative work translating Dietary Guidelines for […]
Department News
UAMS Researcher Strives to Address Obesity in East Arkansas
Tiffany Miles, Ph.D., a researcher with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute, wants to understand barriers to addressing obesity and food insecurities in two east Arkansas communities — Marvell and Elaine. Miles, who’s also an instructor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Division of Nutrition, led a […]
$8.6 Million NIH Grant to Fund Study into Invasive Fungal Diseases in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients
Clinical Informatics Celebrates Dr. Kristen E. Long
Kristen E. Long, MD, is being recognized for her outstanding and proactive engagement in Clinical Informatics, demonstrated through her exceptional drive to optimize the Electronic Health Record (EHR) for her work as a PICU faculty physician.
An interplay between prenatal and placental health and childhood growth patterns
The placenta, a temporary organ that supports a baby’s development during pregnancy, is crucial to fetal growth and development, supplying nutrients and oxygen, removing waste, and producing signaling factors. Exposures during pregnancy, like Mom’s environment and her physiology, can affect placental health, which in turn could have consequences for her baby’s health. A team of […]
Dietary fiber structure matters, maybe more than gut bacterial community
Eating different kinds of dietary fiber affects our microbiota, the bacteria that live in our guts, which can in turn affect our overall health. How these dietary fibers, found in fruits, vegetables, and grains, help beneficial gut bacteria grow and how these fibers break down into other bioactive metabolites that benefit the body is an […]
ACNC Investigator, Dr. Aline Andres is elected to the National Academy of Medicine
One of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine, Aline Andres, Ph.D., RD, professor of pediatrics, was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, recognized for her global leadership defining how exposures during pregnancy and lactation affect maternal-child outcomes. Dr. Andres and been instrumental in driving several of the ACNC’s rigorously conducted […]
Reviewing a role for polyphenols in breastmilk for healthy infant development
Polyphenols are a broad class of plant bioactive molecules found in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Existing and emerging evidence links healthy dietary patterns to maternal and child health benefits, and many healthy dietary patterns are high in polyphenol-containing foods. There is increasing interest in dietary bioactives such as polyphenols in breastmilk, their bioactivity and […]
Staff Spotlight – Leah Burns
Breast milk vs. formula may affect gut health and bone growth
Breast milk is widely considered the best source of nutrition for babies — and one reason for that might be that it influences microbes, or bacteria, in a baby’s gut. These microbes are important for breaking down what we eat into key nutrients that help babies grow and develop. Carbohydrates in breast milk can be […]